Where does “galgenhumor” come from?
galgenhumor (Danish) comes from German Galgenhumor, from German Humor, from Latin humor, from Latin umor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
galgenhumor (Danish): gallows humor (US), gallows humour (UK) comedy that still manages to be funny in spite of imminent death, danger or accident
Definitions
- gallows humor (US), gallows humour (UK) comedy that still manages to be funny in spite of imminent death, danger or accident
Ancestry of “galgenhumor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Galgenhumor | gallows humor |
| 2 | German | Humor | humor (something funny) |
| 3 | Latin | humor | liquid, fluid, humour; first-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | umor | liquid, fluid, humour; moisture |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |